Virgin Trains earlier lifted all ticket restrictions to ease travel ahead of the match to allow passengers to get home.

The firm, which operates services on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Scotland, was allowing passengers to use off-peak tickets on any train out of London Euston, while cheaper Advance tickets normally tied to particular trains can be used at any time.

Motorway traffic was expected to drop by up to a third during the match.

Highways England analysis of the country's motorways on each of England's previous World Cup games shows traffic falling by as much as 33% in the two hours after kick-off compared with the hour before the games started.